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Beef Trimmings Dubbed 'Pink SLIME' Can Now be Labelled 'Ground Beef'

posted by chromas on Friday February 15 2019, @03:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the squash-the-beef dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://newfoodeconomy.org/bpi-pink-slime-ground-beef-usda-reclassifed/

Beef Products Inc. (BPI), the South Dakota-based meat processing company at the center of 2012’s “pink slime” controversy, just won a long-sought semantic victory. For years, the company has argued that its signature product is safe, wholesome, and not unlike everyday burger meat. Now, BPI has enlisted a powerful ally in its effort to recoup its image and reclassify its product: the federal government.

After a months-long evaluation, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) determined in December that BPI’s signature product—the offering famously called “pink slime” in an ABC News exposé that got the network in a lot of trouble—can be labeled “ground beef.” Legally speaking, it’s now no different from ordinary hamburger, and could even be sold directly to the public.

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @03:53PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @03:53PM (#801588)

    Even better, you get to know your neighbours and you scale your production so you can sell cheaper to them than they can produce. And at that point, maybe pre-process the product a little, because they want it already ground and things. .. Maybe somewhat increase efficiency and reduce waste ... make sure people don't get sick from disease .... oh wait....

    Fuck back to square 1.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @07:37PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @07:37PM (#801738)

    Get to know my neighbors? As an asocial recluse, I'd rather eat the pink slime.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @11:19PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @11:19PM (#801817)

      Sorry, but I am an invegan (involuntarily vegan). Hopefully I will not drive a vehicle into a herd to express my frustration.

  • (Score: 2) by RedIsNotGreen on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:00AM

    by RedIsNotGreen (2191) on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:00AM (#801846) Homepage Journal

    You touch upon an important trend, one that it's good to be mindful for when acquiring things that should be of high quality, such as food:

    It's easy to make one, or ten, or even a thousand of high-quality somethings, but when you start making ten-thousand, or a million, the quality is almost certain to drop.